Preaching

“Most of the people in our world who hunger for the good news of salvation or liberation are not to be found in our churches. If preaching is a matter of making connections, enabling people to hear the Gospel as good news for them, then the Gospel and its preachers have to meet people where they are.”

Sr Mary Catherine Hilkert OP

Dominicans must first and foremost be Gospel people who are preachers of truth.

Dominicans are known as the Order of Preachers and Preaching is the reason for our existence. Dominican Theologian, Mary Catherine Hilkert reminds us that preaching is practised in many settings, only some of them liturgical. Just as often, she says, it occurs “in the sacred space of the encounters where we speak words of love, foster hope, make commitments, grant forgiveness, take stands, and give witness”. These “words of truth and life”, and the deeds that embody them, form the basis for hearing and speaking the Word of God.

The preaching of Dominicans goes beyond the pulpit. As Gregory Heille OP wrote:

“Preaching is a wholistic way of living, studying and being in the world… a call to study, to relate what can be found in study, prayer, and the needs of the world. We were drawn to teaching, preaching, writing, social media, art and other mediums. These continue to keep the Dominican charism alive today.” (Heille 2016, 13.)

The only word that any of us can preach is the Word that has been born within us, the Word we have heard and received in the depths of our own being.

Meister Eckhart OP

Website Preaching

There are a number of online Preachings available

Website Preaching